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sliving

/ˈslaɪvɪŋ/

sliving is the present participle and gerund of slive.

Meaning of slive

Verb (1)

slive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past slove or slived, past participle sliven or slived)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To cut; split; separate.
  2. (Scotland, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To cut or slice something off; separate by slicing.

Verb (2)

slive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past and past participle slived)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) To sneak; skulk; proceed in a sly way; creep.

Verb (3)

slive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past and past participle slived)

  1. (slang) To live life to the fullest while being successful, glamorous, and confident.

See all 5 meanings of slive

Adjective

IPA/ˈslɪvɪŋ/

sliving (comparative more sliving, superlative most sliving)

  1. (neologism) Glamorous and classy.
    • That said, we're definitely going to keep our eyes peeled for some "sliving" merch very, very soon.2019 December 17, Sandra Song, “Paris Hilton Invents 'Sliving' While Interviewing Kim Petras”, in Paper Mag, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022
    • And soon cooking is about to get a lot more sliving, now that Cooking with Paris, a 6-part series, is coming to Netflix this August.2021 July 27, Tammie Teclemariam, “What Does Paris Hilton Mean By Sliving?”, in Gawker, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023

Forms of sliving

comparativemore sliving
superlativemost sliving

Origin of sliving

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Coined by celebrity Paris Hilton in 2019 as a blend of slaying (“amazing, stunning, excelling”) + living (one's best life) (“making the most of life”).

Questions about sliving

What does sliving mean?
Sliving means glamorous and classy.
What is sliving the present participle and gerund of?
Sliving is the present participle and gerund of slive.
What part of speech is sliving?
Sliving is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sliving?
Sliving is pronounced /ˈslaɪvɪŋ/.

Words near sliving in the dictionary

  1. sliverous
  2. slivers
  3. slivery
  4. slives
  5. Slivilești
  6. sliving
  7. Slivinski
  8. Slivinskis
  9. Slivka
  10. Slivkas
  11. Slivno

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